Doungphummes N.Vicars M.Phanthaphoommee N.Mahidol University2024-12-282024-12-282024-01-01Sexualities (2024)13634607https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/102552This paper considers how online practices can reinforce inequality and constrain wellbeing, resilience, and self-esteem for Thai LGBTQ+ identifying individuals. Based on an inductive, exploratory analysis, our study focuses on the specific language use that facilitated the creation and perpetuation of LGBTQ+ “othering”. Our data were drawn on a purposive sample of posted comments on Facebook that made explicit and active forms of criticism of LGBTQ+ related to diversity, equality, and inclusion. Our readings of normalizing discourses on Thai social media have questioned the mythopoesis of LGBTQ+ inclusiveness on social media platforms and how pejorative online postings can contribute to the everyday reproduction of structural injustices of the wider queer community in a Thai context.Social SciencesArticleSCOPUS10.1177/136346072413086342-s2.0-8521251655314617382